Sample demographic characteristics
| Characteristics | Mobile diabetes app users (n=413) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 256 (62.0%) |
| Male | 152 (36.8%) |
| Diverse | 0 (0.0%) |
| Not mentioned | 5 (1.2%) |
| Age, n (%) | |
| 18–24 years | 15 (3.6%) |
| 25–34 years | 68 (16.5%) |
| 35–44 years | 102 (24.7%) |
| 45–54 years | 108 (26.2%) |
| 55–64 years | 84 (20.3%) |
| 65 years and older | 32 (7.7%) |
| Not mentioned | 4 (1.0%) |
| Type of diabetes, n (%) | |
| Type 1 | 344 (83.3%) |
| Type 2 | 64 (15.5%) |
| Others | 5 (1.2%) |
| Disease duration, years | |
| Mean (SD) | 18.17 (SD 14.77) |
| Range (median) | 0.25–63.00 (15.00) |
| Duration of use, months | |
| Mean (SD) | 31.30 (SD 26.18) |
| Range (median) | 3.00–240.00 (24.00) |
| Type of mobile diabetes app, n (%) | |
| Smartphone app (eg, diabetes diary) | 199 (48.18%) |
| Continuous glucose measurement system | 383 (92.7%) |
| Smart insulin pump (eg, closed-loop system) | 79 (19.1%) |
| Others | 0 (0.0%) |
| Frequency of use, n (%) | |
| Never | 0 (0.0%) |
| Once a month | 1 (0.2%) |
| Several times a month | 3 (0.7%) |
| Once a week | 2 (0.5%) |
| Several times a week | 6 (1.5%) |
| Once a day | 3 (0.7%) |
| Several times a day | 154 (37.3%) |
| Once an hour | 25 (6.1%) |
| Several times an hour | 59 (14.3%) |
| All the time | 160 (38.7%) |